Tools for Practice

Leffert Lecture, December 2014, Massachusetts General Hospital, presented by Dr Diane Meir, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care and Medicine...

This guideline covers the clinical care of adults (18 years and over) who are dying during the last 2 to...

Presentation at CERAH Conference Nov 2012 based on research of the Palliative Care Alliance, Lakehead University. Also see Personal Support...

Comfort Care Rounds, originally Pain Rounds, were requested and attended by the registered staff in the evaluation LTC homes. However,...

A US Veterans Affairs METRIC(TM) Instrument for pain assessment in the non-verbal patient.
For more information, contact Dr Snow:

Presentation of research findings. Research study is component of Quality Palliative Care in Long Term Care (QTC-LTC) Project.  

Gawande presents a detailed, but highly readable history of how the meaning of death has changed over the past fifty...

Seniors in need, caregivers in distress: What are the home care priorities for seniors in Canada?
The report takes a...

Winnipeg region's Personal Care Home and Palliative Care Programs collaborated to create final days of care symptom management pathways for...

CAM was intended to provide a new standardized method to enable nonpsychiatrically trained clinicians to identify delirium quickly and accurately...